RP XIV.2.1 - File of correspondence and related papers concerning rights of women in the colonies. 1928-1938. - 1928-1938
Includes copies of reports of meetings of the Committee for the Protection of Coloured Women in the Colonies (1929- 1931; RP XIV.2.1.1-36 ) investigating conditions and welfare of East African women: with copies of accounts of witnesses/extracts from newspapers and medical journals/medical notes etc...
| Archive level description: | File |
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| Physical Description: | 54 items |
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| Summary: | Includes copies of reports of meetings of the Committee for the Protection of Coloured Women in the Colonies (1929- 1931; RP XIV.2.1.1-36 ) investigating conditions and welfare of East African women: with copies of accounts of witnesses/extracts from newspapers and medical journals/medical notes etc presented to the Committee concerning female circumcision (particualrly Kikuyu tribes, Kenya) and other tribal customs; correspondence, notes and reports on slavery in marriage of women within African tribes including memorandum on the subject submitted by Eleanor Rathbone, the Duchess of Atholl and Col. Josiah Wedgwood (RP XIV.2.1.37-54) |
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| Date: | 1928-1938 |
| Reference Number: | RP XIV.2.1 |